Group wants Nigeria to probe cases of abuse at mental health centres
By TVC News Nigeria
24 November 2019 |
5:20 pm
Human Rights Watch has called on the Nigerian government to ban chaining as it condemned the "terrible" abuse faced by thousands of people with mental health conditions across the country.
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